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Just say no. Prioritization and Product Management

Product Manager in Heels

This is especially the case for product managers. Part of being a good product manager is learning when to say 'no', and because of limited resources I find myself saying 'no' more than I say 'yes'. But saying 'no' is half the battle - it's trying to figure out what to say 'no' to. how will it work?

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Ask the Community: How Do You Shift From Functional Teams to Value-Driven Teams?

Product Talk

When an organization shifts from delivery or feature teams to product teams , the first step is often a change to team structure. If an organization wants to shift to product teams (empowered to drive outcomes) they need to structure them so each team includes the necessary skills and abilities required to build and deliver customer value.

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Say NO the right way–and other innovation insights for product managers Nov 25, 2016 - The Everyday Innovator – Resources for Product Managers and Innovators

Product Innovation Educators

Each week I scour articles, wading through the dogs, and bringing you the best insights to help product managers and innovators be heroes. How product managers creatively say NO without being confrontational. Hear the interview at h ttp://www.thisisproductmanagement.com/episodes/creatively-saying-no-is-product-management.

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Product in Practice: All It Took Was One Product Trio to Inspire Change—The Hemnet Story

Product Talk

There’s a reason why Teresa often refers to the product trio : Continuous discovery is more effective when you avoid turf wars and bring in different perspectives. There’s a reason why Teresa often refers to the product trio : Continuous discovery is more effective when you avoid turf wars and bring in different perspectives.

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Monetizing Analytics Features: Why Data Visualizations Will Never Be Enough

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your embedded analytics. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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Product in Practice: Bringing the Discovery Habits to WebMD

Product Talk

Sandrine Veillet ’s Product in Practice story perfectly exemplifies this. She took a multi-step, methodical approach to introduce continuous discovery, including enrolling a group of product people in the Master Class , having those participants coach and train others, and bringing stakeholders along for the journey.

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Product in Practice: Stepping Into Your First Product Leadership Role—What to Expect

Product Talk

Stepping into your first product leadership role is a major change. And it might feel a bit lonelier than when you were an active member of a product trio. And it might feel a bit lonelier than when you were an active member of a product trio. The list got pretty long quickly—like 20 issues,” says Trevor.

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How King Crushes New Product Development using Data-Driven Insights

Speaker: Ian Thompson, Head of Business Intelligence at King, and Zara Wells, Strategic Customer Success Manager at Looker

Product Managers looking to leverage data to make informed product design decisions can learn a lot from renowned gaming company King, maker of Candy Crush and many other games - even if their product has seemingly no overlap with games. The key is the strategy and tools for accessing product data at the level that you'd like.

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Organizing for Customer Centricity

Speaker: Tatyana Mamut, Head of Product, Nextdoor

Most companies today say they are “customer centric.” Join Nextdoor's Head of Product Tatyana Mamut, PhD -- who wrote the book on Human Centered Design and led product teams at Amazon, Salesforce, and IDEO -- as she outlines the 7 habits of truly customer-centric companies. Identify and track core customer benefit metrics.